THE EFFECT OF PERSONALITY TRAITS ON LEADERSHIP BEHAVIORS: A RESEARCH ON THE STUDENTS OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT

Agah Sinan Ünsar and Serol Karalar ()
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Agah Sinan Ünsar: Trakya University, Faculty of Economic and Admini strative Sciences, Turkey
Serol Karalar: Trakya University, Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences, Turkey

Economic Review: Journal of Economics and Business, 2013, vol. 11, issue 2, 45-56

Abstract: In leadership definitions, it is generally approved that superior personality traits are one of the factors which form successful leadership. Furthermore, individuals follow leaders consistently and choose leaders as their role models. In this context; the purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of personality traits on leadership behaviors. Thus; a questionnaire has been implemented on the students of Trakya University Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences (FEAS) and Vocational School of Social Sciences, Departments of Business Administration (Edirne-Turkey). Subsequently the findings have been commented by means of analyses and tables. Gender, grow-up places, educational level of students’ parents and types of high schools which students graduated from were found to affect the adopted leadership styles. Besides that, there are differences between the FEAS and the Vocational School students on extravert, responsible, open to experience personality traits and laissez-faire leadership style.

Keywords: leadership; behavior; personality traits; business administration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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